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Managing resource usage in private or community clouds where the provisioning model is not pay-per-use oriented is often complicated. Resources are available to end users seemingly for free which means that one of the main motivators for responsible resource usage — a monthly bill — is missing. This can eventually lead to a situation in which the pool of available resources is depleted and a large portion of existing allocations is underused, unused, or entirely forgotten. For a resource provider interested in offering fixed amount of resources to the largest possible number of users, this issue needs to be addressed. Read more